This word also describes
short, woody side
shoots growing along the
branches of some
trees and
shrubs such as Apples and Pears.
A spur is a short,
axillary,
densely crowded branchlet or shoot of limited growth, in which the
internodes elongate little or at all, bearing reproductive
structures and/or leaves; also termed a brachyblast . They are
typical structures of gymnosperms but also found in several
angiosperm families.
